Writers On Writing

While reading Shitty First Drafts I was reminded on this NYU Gallatin School course I took last year called "Writers On Writing." In the class we read a bunch of pieces by different writers on specifically why they write and what their personal writing process looks like. We read pieces by George Orwell, Joan Didion, Rilke, and Grace Paley, among others. I think it is really interesting to look into how different authors write. They all have different processes. Of course, these readings were slightly different because they were in the context of creative writing. However, I think academic and creative writing share similar problems. Writer's block is just as prevalent in both fields of writing and can be overcome through similar methods.